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Why nnoremap doesn't work with CtrlP and nmap does work? - VIM

I have this in my .vimrc

nnoremap <leader>p :CtrlP<CR><C-\>w

I change all nmap to nnoremap in my .vimrc and everything works fine except this one:

nnoremap <leader>p :CtrlP<CR><C-\>w

With nmap <leader>p :CtrlP<CR><C-\>w it does automatically insert word into CtrlP and with nnoremap it doesn't, I get blank field, like I just pressed Ctrl-P.

Why it doesn't work with nnoremap?

Solution

  • When you create a mapping with nnoremap, it does not consider your prior mappings when resolving what to do. In other words, if you had previously mapped any of these:

    <CR>
<C-\>
w

    Then those maps would be ignored in your <leader>p mapping, and instead the default action of those keystrokes would be used.

    As far as I know, <C-\> has no default action, so I would suspect you have mapped it (or you are relying on a mapping that another plugin has added), but that mapping is not being taken into account here.